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Calendar No. 278 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 779 

[Report No. 112–116] 

To authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 

1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 8, 2011 

Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. COONS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

JANUARY 13, 2012 

Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of December 17, 2011, 

by Mr. BINGAMAN, without amendment 

A BILL 

To authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally 

significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American 

Battlefield Protection Program. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Battlefield 

3 Protection Program Amendments Act of 2011’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND WAR OF 1812 AMERICAN 

5 BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION. 

6 Section 7301(c) of the Omnibus Public Land Man7 agement Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 469k–1(c)) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in10 serting the following: 

11 ‘‘(A) BATTLEFIELD REPORT.—The term 

12 ‘battlefield report’ means, collectively— 

13 ‘‘(i) the report entitled ‘Report on the 

14 Nation’s Civil War Battlefields’, prepared 

15 by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commis16 sion, and dated July 1993; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) the report entitled ‘Report to 

18 Congress on the Historic Preservation of 

19 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites 

20 in the United States’, prepared by the Na21 tional Park Service, and dated September 

22 2007.’’; and 

23 (B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 

24 ‘‘Battlefield Report’’ and inserting ‘‘battlefield 

25 report’’; 


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1 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘eligible sites 

2 or’’ after ‘‘acquiring’’; 

3 (3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘an eligible 

4 site or’’ after ‘‘acquire’’; 

5 (4) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘an eligible 

6 site or’’ after ‘‘acquiring’’; 

7 (5) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘An’’ and in8 serting ‘‘An eligible site or an’’; 

9 (6) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para10 graph (8); 

11 (7) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(6) WILLING SELLERS.—Acquisition of land 

14 or interests in land under this subsection shall be 

15 from willing sellers only. 

16 ‘‘(7) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the 

17 date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary 

18 shall submit to Congress a report describing the ac19 tivities carried out under this subsection, including 

20 a description of— 

21 ‘‘(A) preservation activities carried out at 

22 the battlefields and associated sites identified in 

23 the battlefield report during the period between 

24 publication of the battlefield report and the re25 port required under this paragraph; 


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1 ‘‘(B) changes in the condition of the bat2 tlefields and associated sites during the period 

3 described in subparagraph (A); and 

4 ‘‘(C) any other relevant developments re5 lating to the battlefields and associated sites 

6 during the period described in subparagraph 

7 (A).’’; and 

8 (8) by striking paragraph (8) (as redesignated 

9 by paragraph (6)) and inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(8) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

11 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec12 retary to provide grants under this subsection for 

13 each of fiscal years 2012 through 2022— 

14 ‘‘(A) $10,000,000 for the protection of 

15 Civil War battlefields; and 

16 ‘‘(B) $10,000,000 for the protection of 

17 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battle18 fields.’’. 


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Calendar No. 278 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 779 

[Report No. 112–116] 

A BILL 

To authorize the acquisition and protection of naProgram. 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of tionally significant battlefields and associated 

JANUARY 13, 2012 

Reported without amendment 


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